1971 European Athletics Championships – Men's 10,000 metres

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The men's 10,000 metres at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 10 August 1971.[1]

Medalists

Gold Juha Väätäinen
 Finland
Silver Jürgen Haase
 East Germany
Bronze Rashid Sharafetdinov
 Soviet Union

Results

Final

10 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Juha Väätäinen  Finland 27:52.78 CR NR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jürgen Haase  East Germany 27:53.35 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Rashid Sharafetdinov  Soviet Union 27:56.26 NR
4
Danijel Korica
 Yugoslavia 27:58.38 NR
5 Mariano Haro  Spain 27:59.33 NR
6 Dave Bedford  Great Britain 28:04.33
7 Mike Tagg  Great Britain 28:14.65
8 Seppo Tuominen  Finland 28:17.98
9 Manfred Letzerich  West Germany 28:20.91 NR
10 Noël Tijou  France 28:21.65
11
Werner Dossegger
  Switzerland 28:22.88 NR
12 Lucien Rault  France 28:23.11
13 Jack Lane  Great Britain 28:24.01
14 Arne Risa  Norway 28:24.41 NR
15 Joachim Krebs  East Germany 28:26.67
16 Karel Lismont  Belgium 28:31.17
17 Lasse Virén  Finland 28:33.12
18 Nikolay Sviridov  Soviet Union 28:41.09
19 Josef Jánský  Czechoslovakia 28:43.08 NR
20 René Jourdan  France 28:46.08
21
Donald Walsh
 Ireland 28:52.60 NR
22 Edward Mleczko  Poland 28:55.73
23 Henryk Piotrowski  Poland 29:01.68
24 Eckhard Lesse  East Germany 29:02.53
25
Janos Szerenyi
 Hungary 29:03.93
26 Lajos Mecser  Hungary 29:07.49
27 Giuseppe Cindolo  Italy 29:13.65
28 Jens Wollenberg  West Germany 29:25.41
29 Per Halle  Norway 29:32.25
30 Josef Wirth   Switzerland 29:33.71
31 Egbert Nijstadt  Netherlands 29:48.08
32 Dieter Brand  West Germany 29:59.29
33 Carlos Lopes  Portugal 30:05.64
Gaston Roelants  Belgium DNF
Nedo Farčić  Yugoslavia DNF

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 35 athletes from 18 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF),
    European Athletics Association
    , pp. 412–420, retrieved 13 August 2014